Mail-bag



(No Modem' H A. SEVERIN, Jr'.

, MAILB'AGf. y

No. 295,439; Patemid Mala-18, 1884..

A' q Y v o Ao l' A C) b @I /M/- oo I UNITED STATES p PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM SEVERIN, JE., or cHA'rrANooeA, TENNESSEE.

MAIL-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,439, dated lMarch 1.8, 1884.

Application filed January 12, 1884. (No model.)

bags in which slotted straps and studs are employed for looking the entrance thereto, and

. it consists in certain combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

. a padlock, in the usual manner.

"Theimprovement is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which .Figure l is a plan showing the ilap of the mail-bag turned back, ready i'orthe emptying of the bag. Fig. 2 is a full-sized view of appart ofthe locking-strap, and also a section of same ou line 5v y. Fig. 3 is a full-sized section on the line u 'v of the mouth end of the mailbag when closed, that part of the section to the left of the line w a showing the position ofthe locking-strap when the bag is looked, and that part of the section to the right of the line w 2 showing the position of the locking-strap when the flap is ready to be turned back for the emptying of the bag.

Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the staple and the manner of fastening the same to the locking-strap.

The same letters in each figure refer to the same parts.

As shown in Fig. l, the ap A is ready to be turned downand close the bag. When the flap is turned over, the studs M pass up through the holes L. Then the locking-strap B is pulled in the direction of the arrow Q till the lower edge of the slots V come in contact with shank ofthe studs M, the strap moving j ust far enough so that the Slot F comes over the dotted slot E in the flap, and then both are over theslot G in the bag proper. Then the strap is bent under fthe bag and the staple H passed up through the slots F, E, and G and locked with To open the bag, the operation is reversed, the lock being first opened and the staple pulled out, and then the locking-Strap B is pulled in the direction of the arrow T till the small lugs a on the metal pieces I come in contact with the edge of the loops D D D, when the studs M are left free, and the ap can be turned back and the bag emptied or filled. The end of the locking-strap at the lower end of Fig. 1 is fastened to the under side of the bag loosely by a rivet, so that when the flapvis turned back the strap will slip around the corner at 2. The mouth of the bag is re-enforced by the pieeeN, to which are riveted the Studs M by four rivets, R. The ap A is re-enforced by the piece O O, and to them both are riveted the loops D D D, which hold the lockingstrap in place, thel locking-strap B passing through the flap at the slots c c. The lockingstrap is re-enforced .at each of the holes through which the studs M pass by pieces of metal I and J, either of brass or iron. The staple end of the locking-strap B is stiffened by being inoased by the piece of Sheetdron P l?.

The merits of the invention consist not only in the security of the fastening, butin the ease and rapidity with which the mail-bag can be opened and closed,^thereby saving much valuable time in these operations. Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Iatent, is-

l. The combination, in a mailbag having a Hap or overlapping portion provided with a series of perforated loops, D, adapted to engage the studs M of the front of the bag, and the slotted4 locking-strap B, provided with plates I J, the plate I having a lug, a, formed at one end thereof, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A mail-bag having a Hap provided with loops D and slots c c and E, in combination vwith the slottedstrap B, provided with staple H, plates I J, and lug a, the bag proper having a slot, G, Substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

ADAM SEvEEIN,` JR.

Witnesses: O. H. MANNING, HENRY SOHLESINGER. 

